MGM Studios: Hollywood Tower of Terror and the Rocking Roller Coaster

MGM Studios is very well known in Florida for its action packed stunts and the movies it associates with. But another thing that makes MGM Studios so well known in Florida is the only two rides it has which are the Hollywood Tower of Terror and Aerosmiths Rocking Rollercoaster.

When you arrive at MGM Studios one thing that really stands out is the huge Thirteen Story building that looks like a hotel properly named the Hollywood Tower of Terror.
This ride is a great ride when you arrive and get inside of the building you go into a room where the lights are very dim and blinking as though you were in a haunted room . While in this room you watch a TV with the television show The Twilight Zone. It tells you about the Haunted Hotel.

As you get inside of the Elevator you start out slowly going towards the top. From there you see ghostly figures dancing you then enter a swirling vortex. After entering the Swirling Black and White vortex you start to go up again.

Once you reach the very top you fall a little bit and continue to go back up top. During the ride several times you come to a complete stop the doors come open for a few seconds where you can see the entire park from your elevator seat and right when you get comfortable the doors slam shut and you fall very fast. For a few seconds it feels as though you are completely weightless when you are going down it feels as though your body is wanting to go up.

This ride is very safe for people of all ages including children. When you get into seat inside the Hollywood Tower Of terror elevator there are rows of seats you go to the number you were assigned and sit down . The restraint that holds you in is a regular seat belt that was specially designed for this ride and if you are looking for a handle to hold on to and can not find one in front of you look down to your sides they are built into the seats.

The Hollywood Tower of Terror is a sure way to get your adrenaline going and make your stomach feel as though it is in your throat. This is a great ride for anybody who loves the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next whether you are going to go up , down, stop or go . This is a great spooky ride.

Aerosmiths rocking rollercoaster is the second ride that MGM studios has to offer. Aerosmiths rocking rollercoaster is a very fun ride for kids and adults. When you enter the ride you are looking inside of a recording studio where Aerosmiths recording. You see Steven Tyler and the rest of the Aerosmiths band doing play backs when their manager walks in and tells them they are late for a gig.

The go to get into their limo and then they say wait we cant leave our fans out there lets take them with us and this begins your rocking rollercoaster journey.

When you get into the ride complex it holds Twenty rows and two people in each row. When you get inside your seats you are held in by the shoulder bars that come over your head. You start to go and then you back up a little bit. While you are sitting in your seats you see a sign that says heavy traffic and hear Aerosmiths counting down in your headset that is built into the seat.

From there you take off listening to Love in a Elevator by Aerosmiths. This ride can be a little intimidating because it goes 0-60 in just a few seconds. This ride takes you threw twist and turns trying to get you to the show in time. This is a ride you are going to want to ride forever over and over again.

If you are wondering what the better ride between the two are then the answer is Both. Hollywood Tower of Terror is for the people who love the unknown and love the feeling of falling.

Aerosmiths rocking rollercoaster are for the people who love the combination of going 0-60 in a few seconds, rock and roll music and the twist and turning and going upside down that a rollar coaster gives you.